Today is ALL about Tim! It's his birthday!

We have worked together for over a DECADE now and it seems that I am always taking him away from this family on this birthday! I have done so again this year!

Tim is one of the nicest, kindest and most thoughtful people in the world - and a great cameraman too!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIMMY!

OK - today I am "properly" in Baghvan Lodge - next to the Pench National Park.

There are 12 cottages here ... made of Sal wood (more water resistant during monsoon etc). There's a swimming pool, Jiva Spa (Taj!), library and wonderful restaurant/guest area. Each cottage has a bedroom, bathroom, outdoor shower and a machan. In days of old, hunters used to use machans (treehouses) to relax and sit in and wait to shoot tigers ... well now a machan is there to read a book ... or play chaupad (a board game) ...

Each cottage has a view over a tributary of the Pench River ... at the moment, the river bed is almost dry ... but during monsoon it can be as high as 1.5 metres ...

I interviewed the hotel manager Brian D'Cruz - what a nice fellow.

It's been dosa for breakfast and lunch so far! Yumyum! Happy Happy!!

Tomorrow - MORE safari! Yay!